Barbara [surname unknown]1

Family Chart
ID# 20414

Key Events:

Marriage: David Flora (1778 - 15 Oct 1812)2
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Barbara married David Flora, son of Joseph Flora Jr. and Catharine Toot.2
     Her husband died on 15 Oct 1812.3
     The administrator of her late husband's estate filed an accounting on 8 Mar 1814, and the court ordered that Barbara was to receive a one-third share, amounting to $120.53.4
     On 1 Nov 1814 Barbara petitioned the Dauphin Co. Orphan's Court in Harrisburg to appoint David Shaffer as guardian for the persons and estates of her two minor children under age 14, Catherine and George. The court approved the request.5 On the same date she petitioned the court for compensation from the estates of the children for her expense since the death of their father for clothing and maintaining them. The court granted her $40 per year for each child from the time of the father's death until present.6
     On 5 Dec 1815 she petitioned the court again, reporting that David Shaffer, who had previously been appointed guardian for her two children, had died and requesting that a new guardian be appointed. The court appointed her as guardian.7
     
Research Note, 6 Apr 2016:
No futher record of Barbara as been found, either before her marriage or after her 1815 guardianship petition to the court.

Children:
     Children with David Flora:

Citations

  1. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:242, accounting of administrator of David Flora, 8 Mar 1814, shows name as Barbara Flora.
  2. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:242, accounting of administrator of David Flora, 8 Mar 1814, shows her as his wife.
  3. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:287, petition widow of David Flora, 1 Nov 1814, shows date.
  4. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:242, accounting of administrator of David Flora, 8 Mar 1814.
  5. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:285, petition for guardian of issue of David Flora, 1 Nov 1814.
  6. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:287, petition widow of David Flora, 1 Nov 1814.
  7. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:377, petition for guardian of issue of David Flora, 5 Dec 1815.
  8. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1D:285, petition for guardian of issue of David Flora, 1 Nov 1814; 1D:287, petition widow of David Flora, 1 Nov 1814.